Daily Republican., 1887-08-08
THE orrY BE THE SEA.

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A Visit to Af,antic-The Ride up fas
Hiyer and Across New jersey
DDa scenes mt This FamousWa.erinE
Piacs.
There were fully four or Ave hundred
persons who weE5 from this city and
Uheste: yesterday morning on tina
steamer BrandywiAe, TO take the cars
OF the Philadelphia g. Atlantic City
Railroad as KaigE's Point, for the
"City by She Sea-" The weather was
all that could be wished, the intense
heat Of l. st week having been broken
by the storm Of Saturday, making the
early morning. ride ON me boss delight
full and invisorsting, while the many
Objects of interest on the river engaged
the psssenRezs' attention 20 that they
scarcely realized how inst they were
|skimming over the bcscsn OF ths yna-
jestio Delaware;
The Brandyw.1e is magnificent
boat, md It is doubtful II she can be
seualled in speedily any CT the boats
that ply on the river or bay Ona dgy
last week she made the run from Aar~
cns Hook to Chester, a dispance Of over
thyee miles, In nine minutes, or at N
rate Of % miles an hcnr. Captain VIII.
Euu 10 y bklillul uhtiAAtofy nho WIN niS
officers and crew IL untiring in his
efforts to secure the safety, comfort and
con veuience Of oil his paesengers.
The run up the river to Ksign's Point,
including two stops, wss made In about
two hours, when the passengers for At.
laatic City left the boat and were soon
seated in the cars. Some little delay
was experienced in starting, rs more
cars had to be added to the train to &C
Icoosmodate all who had come, conse
queutly 1t was 9 SIS o'clock before The
iron h0sse started towards its destina.
ton. After pxssing through the buils'
up portions Of Camden there is num-
bsr OF truck fields. which seemed to be
almoes erciusively devoted 10 cabbage,
sweet potatoes and tomatoes.
| Here and there is q field Of cOru,
which, however, does not look as well
or promising as tha; In Rev Castle
county. The number of fields that are
devoted to cabbage, shows that this
very useful vegetable must find ready
SAFE In the Philadelphia markets. AT
one place, about 10 "a iies from Camden,
there 10 q group Of diiapidated build
inRe, while in O field adjoining is "a
large sign bearing the inscription.
Magnolia Villa Lots for ssle." AZ
lit caunot be posi- ble that this refers to
the buildings already erected, it is to
be supposed that 1t has bsen placed
there, Ike the bow Of promise IL tne
lc.ouds, to tell what the future NAV
bring forth. After getting about 81
miles outside of Camden there 10 u vas,
amount of waste ground on each side
Of the road as for as the eye can reach,
which is covered with q etuuted growth
of underbt nsh. In scme places theie
are vast trects Of pine trees, so close
together that 1t wound almost be impos'
sible for q man 10 maks his way through
them.
A Wilmington mar, who had evil
dently been looking ''npon the win'
when It was red, went to the water
COO ler in the car, and after Taking
drink, said 70 newspaper man who
was sitting in the vicinity: "You ough
to say something about this water; III
got funny taste AID is different from
, our Wilmington water"
It was s;-gRssled TO him by bystand
er that rs orrs is Braudywlre,'
= might be more in accordance with hi
: taste, when he replied that all that II
u the cooler needed was q stroke OF ''JeE
sey lightning or red eye" TO make
entirely satisfactory.
: The first stop YVES OF Egg Rarbor, ant
this was caused by Q hog boz, wa cl
y detained the train for probably Tel
minutes. There Is q number OF vine
yards in this vicinity, and the towl
contains several large buil0ings.
J, A few minutes later the train rushed
p past Absssom, famous for its oysters
,, then arose the salt marsh, over th
:. Thorougtsre bridge and into the city
. arriving ut precisely l. o'clock. A
" soon as the passengers disembarKed tn
d majority. of them made d:rsc. for ti
ID board walk along the beach, an
g swelled the crowd that was aIresd
y there, vaile many hurried 20 the bat
houses 10 secure suits for o dip in *
surf, ana In q few minutes there we
not less than Ave hundred grotesq'
y loking beings laughing and frolicir
IN In the waves.
CT They, however, were Got missed fro
1e the crowd wbich throDgel the boar
N walk, and at no time were there ii
ty than 5000 people wandering up al
OF down. taking In the sights. Arisnt
" City, or at least the part OF IL neaee
tho lsach, Is composed OF hotels, BOAR
ing cottagee, saloons and ooetas icr u
sale OF oysters, can5ies, cakes, she!
4
q If John BuDysn were living at prese
at and would spend day at Atlantic Oh
he duasng the height of the seaeon, 10
en- probable that b ia description OF "Fani
m FAIR" in the immortal "Pilgrin . Pr
arsss" woa!d be even more vivid al
realistic than 1t Ia. Sunday esidenb
does pot reach this DART Of Jersey TN
l's much later in the season, as all kIE
Ia OF business, with very few eEcspfiCn
,w were in tull blast, and the proprietor
ia an eating house, when asked about q
'or time table OF the trains, Was very ce
tain that it was a Monday. The pop
lsrity of this place is wono eTful, ~
&C. the present season is proNounced
We among the best ever experienced. /
ID. demand for bathing robes yestsroI
was 80 great that at many OF the plac
no at.smpt WAS made to Gay them, a.
ala as fast as they were broV2ht IN VI
No re hissd to others who wess in waltz
M. The surf was filled continually W.
bathers, for as- fast rs ono party VICE
cor1e out their places woald be taken
eet others. ,
. ,,h One great advantage possessed By
ao, lentic City 10 the May pavilions sc
st tassd along the beach where, when p
-" CONS are weary of Walking around, III
.,. ,an sit down without hindranee, a
%,a % enjoy tse antics of the bathsrs.
sid watoa leg 'SSsoi4 'Sf ous on w" ~. !.
iron piers, one of which is dou'
decker. that extend far out into
nm. ocean. By paying a small sdmiss
,w- loo pG.o'n sun ~ 49,, ~ ~ an. ~
' the time in looking around and inl
tn1 ,; tyo,r
as n,s.n ,ns VLu 80 nn,nrsrsitIs,r ceIm cos,
,ot, Az .rd tha hats;no eycell,nt. yh;